superlative
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“I’m struggling to find the right superlative, because it is that extreme.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
It’s tough to top the superlative energy Moore shared with Asner, Valerie Harper’s wisecracking Rhoda Morgenstern and Cloris Leachman as Mary’s smugly married downstairs neighbor, Phyllis.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026
“The more investors believe in this continuing productivity boom, the more money investors will make as the superlative returns for the leading Mag 7 become the superlative returns for the lagging Rest.”
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
This transition can be traced in “Icons of the Fantastic,” a catalog of Stephen Korshak’s superlative collection of fantasy illustrations from the past 160 years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Every writer faces the challenge of finding a superlative in the English word-hoard that has not been inflated by hyperbole and overuse.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing superlative
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Power Prefix: super-
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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